[pianotech] Rebuildable S&S B

[paul bruesch]

Dang... these were supposed to be private, but they aren't NOW!


On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:30 PM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

> Hmmm, I've found some info on Faust-Harrison... they LOOK legit. I'm
> curious why they may have taken a month to initially get back to John (my
> customer, who should have long since made up his mind, but hadn't!!)
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:12 PM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello Dale,
>>
>> I'm still going around and around with my client (John) and Bob Friedman.
>> Bob has made what I feel is an extremely generous offer, based on John's
>> hard-core attitude and complete utter lack of understanding what a "good"
>> piano is. (Hint: it ain't this one!)
>>
>> So now, after much ado with me in the middle, John called just now and
>> claims he's contacted Faust-Harrison Pianos in NYC. He claims that FHP has
>> made an offer 20% higher than Bob's.
>>
>> I have never heard of FHP. Have you? Do you have an opinion of them? I
>> stand to make some cash if I channel it through Bob, and nothing if John
>> sells it directly to FHP.
>>
>> Thanks! (If you haven't heard of them, I plan to post a similar query to
>> pianotech.)
>>
>> Paul Bruesch
>> Stillwater, MN
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Paul
>>>  The value is really determined by what the cost of a total restoration
>>> would be. A 1929 B rode hard and put away wet, as you put it, is most
>>> likely going to need
>>> everything including a new key set. So if the restoration cost are for
>>> example 35K to 40 K the question remains.....what can it be sold for after
>>> work?
>>> Many shops across the country are finding it difficult to recoup 50K for
>>> even the most fastidiously restored Bs. In my opinion that's a tragedy but
>>> it is what it is.
>>>  In my opinion the piano presently is perhaps worth 7 to 12 K depending
>>> on condition.
>>>  Bob Friedmans is a stand up guy with his finger on the pulse
>>> nationwide. Call him
>>>
>>> *Dale Erwin R.P.T.
>>> Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
>>> ** Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos
>>> www.Erwinspiano.com
>>> Phone: 209-577-8397
>>> *
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net>
>>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>> Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 7:12 pm
>>> Subject: [pianotech] Rebuildable S&S B
>>>
>>>  I have a customer with a 1929 S&S (NY) B. It's been in a supper club
>>> for many years, been rode hard and put up wet. Customer says the action is
>>> from another B which was in even worse condition. This action is
>>> verdigris'd, although I did very successfully use the brake parts cleaner
>>> trick on it.
>>>
>>>  Customer has a second S&S B from 1968. It has also been in the supper
>>> club for years, but it is in overall much better condition.
>>>
>>>  He called me recently to ask if I thought he could sell one or the
>>> other of them. I suspect he's having cash flow issues, but I didn't ask. I
>>> suggested he should sell the 1929 model - because then he'd still have a
>>> piano in the place! He wanted me to suggest an asking price. I declined,
>>> but mentioned something I'd read here a few years back about a rebuilding
>>> carcass going for ca $1000 per foot. I don't recall if that was before or
>>> during the plantetary economic slump... does that rule of thumb still
>>> apply? Or is it regional, like a better-playing instrument?
>>>
>>>  Thanks!
>>> Paul Bruesch
>>> Stillwater, MN
>>>
>>
>>
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